TIL an old trick for leveling bricks. Cut my time in half.

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Old trick for leveling bricks is a game changer. Run a tight string line first. Then use a hammer handle to tap each brick down to the line. Saves so much time over eyeballing it.

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fionabutler6mo ago

Wait, that's not just standard practice already?

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milaw146mo ago

My friend tried to lay a patio without a string line last summer... he was just eyeballing it and ended up with this wavy mess that pooled water after every rain. I told him about @lindal13's hammer handle trick, and he redid the whole thing following that method. Now it's perfectly flat and drains like a dream... saved him from tearing it all out.

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